European-based musical genres have been created in Canada for over three hundred years. Gradually Canadian composers have developed a sense of place in their musical creations.

Canadian pianist Elaine Keillor takes the listener on a unique journey through compositions written between 1807 and 2010.
The piano pieces presented on these four CDs show how composers moved beyond just giving a Canadian-influenced title to their composition. In different ways they allowed the space of their Canadian region to seep into their approach to organizing sounds and wrestled with the great myth of Canada as North.

“Thank goodness there is someone like Keillor[…] a devoted contributor to the storehouse assembled by the Canadian Musical Heritage Society, champion of women composers, the musical traditions of First Nations and of new music.
Keillor has an unaffected, elegant playing style that neatly lays out the many, many different styles and atmospheres she has chosen to represent […] It is a harmonically satisfying, atmospheric journey that leads us into a lush thicket of sound, but ends in a sort of question, an ambiguity that suggests many more questions than answers about the image music is meant to represent.’’ - John Terauds, Musical Toronto

“Elaine Keillor shines in this four-CD collection of works by Canadian composers […] Each disc features works from a specific time frame with many of the works drawing on Canadian landscapes and their traditions for their artistic motivation […] This is a monumental project. The sheer number of works is astounding […] Musically the pianist is able to convey each composer’s sensibilities.’’ - Tiina Kiik, WholeNote